Slight Risk of Severe Thunderstorms for Thursday night

Cape Girardeau is right at the northern edge of a Slight Risk zone for severe storms tomorrow. At this point it appears that we could see a squall line move through Thursday night.

This squall line, if it develops, should be rather peculiar: it isn't expected to produce much lightning. Despite not being much in the way of a "thunder"storm, this system could still deliver high winds and even tornadoes.

This morning's forecast discussion from NWS Paducah explains: "It's not clear cut exactly how this is going to pan out late Thursday night. But, the potential is certainly there, given the impressive shear, for some damaging wind gusts, and possibly small swaths of slightly higher winds due to narrow, short lived weak tornadoes. We do not anticipate hail. And there may not be all that much lightning."

Rainfall projections put Cape Girardeau inside a narrow band of heavier rain with totals that could exceed one inch.

It's actually not that unusual to see severe weather in November as the atmosphere transitions from a summer to winter regime. We shall see.

Al Roker to broadcast from the Cape riverfront early Tuesday morning

See the Cape Girardeau Convention and Visitors Bureau blog for details.